On 21st December 2013, 7 Leos from the Leo Club of SMK Assunta participated in the regional project, Save Our Waterfalls, organised by Leo Eric Teh. Seven other clubs had also joined this regional project. We gathered at Monash University at 6.45am and left for Kanching at around 7.10am. The journey to Kanching waterfall was about one hour. When we reached the place, we saw a lot of monkeys there! We could see monkeys almost everywhere we went to. We gathered at a spot nearby to be briefed on what to do and were given T-shirts to wear during the project. First we were separated into 2 groups, then we shifted the plants that were in the black polyurethane bags to the spots where we were going to plant them.
After that, the two groups were separated to do two different activities. One group went to the waterfall to clean it up. This group went to the second, third and fourth level of the waterfall to clean it up. We could not go to the higher levels of the waterfall because it would be too high and dangerous for us. The other group followed a few instructors from Pertubuhan Pecinta Air Terjun Selangor to an area nearby the waterfall to find different species of insects we can find and are beneficial to the environment. They also learnt how to check if the waterfall was clean by checking it’s pH value.
Later, we had lunch at around 12.00pm. After lunch, some of us went to clean up the area nearby the waterfall by picking up the rubbish we could find. Some of us also planted the plants at the spots where we shifted them to. After that we took a group picture with the instructors from Pertubuhan Pencinta Air Terjun Selangor. We went to the waterfall again to have some fun after all our hard work. We left the place at around around 3.00pm. We had a lot a fun and met new friends during the project. It was a new and interesting experience for all of us.
Leo Daphne Tan
Photos taken during this event:
Leos collecting rubbish
Leos of SMK Assunta who attended the project
Leos cleaning up the waterfall area
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